stalk
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
v.to follow a person or animal quietly and secretly, usually to catch them or watch them.
v.to pursue or approach game or an enemy stealthily. Transitive when a specific target is mentioned.
Simple“The tiger began to stalk the deer through the tall grass.”
In context“The leopard spent hours stalking its prey, moving with such fluid silence that not a single dry leaf rustled under its paws.”
Synonyms - 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
v.to follow or try to contact someone constantly in a way that is scary or annoying.
v.to pursue or harass a person with obsessive and often illegal attention. Frequently implies a pattern of behavior rather than a single incident.
Simple“He was arrested after he continued to stalk his ex-girlfriend for months.”
In context“The celebrity was forced to hire additional security after a fan began to stalk her, appearing outside her private residence daily.”
- 03 B2 Upper Intermediate
v.to look at someone's social media profile very often to see what they are doing.
v.To obsessively monitor a person's social media activity without their knowledge or direct interaction.
Simple“I spent the whole evening stalking my old school friends on Instagram.”
In context“While technically harmless, his habit of stalking his competitors' LinkedIn profiles gave him a slight edge in understanding their hiring trends.”
- 04 C1 Advanced
v.to walk in a stiff, proud, or angry way.
v.To walk with a stiff, haughty, or indignant gait. Intransitive; often used with 'out' or 'away'.
Simple“After the argument, she turned around and stalked out of the room.”
In context“Offended by the suggestion of impropriety, the diplomat stalked out of the chamber without offering a final rebuttal.”
- 05 B1 Intermediate
n.the main stem of a plant, or the part that joins a leaf or fruit to the stem.
n.The main stem of a herbaceous plant, or a slender support such as a petiole or pedicel.
Simple“She cut the celery stalks into small pieces for the soup.”
In context“The heavy rains caused the sunflower stalks to bend, though they did not snap under the weight of the saturated blooms.”
- 06 C2 Proficiency
n.a technical term in math used to describe data near a specific point.
n.The direct limit of the sections of a sheaf on the open neighborhoods of a point. A fundamental construction in algebraic geometry and topology.
Simple“The professor explained how to calculate the stalk of the sheaf at that point.”
In context“To understand the local behavior of the geometric object, one must examine the stalk of the structure sheaf at the given point.”
“Evil oligarchs and their influence stalk the world, my world, your world.”